Sempron 3300 or Athlon 3000 XP(both socket A)??

[Liquidz]

Ive been doing some research online trying to find out what would be the better processor. Im currently running the AMD Athlon 3000 XP+, but i recently purchased a package deal from Tiger Direct and it came with a 3300 Sempron. I was just wondering if anybody knew from any experience which would be the better processor.

I did find out that the Sempron 3300 processors are basically a Athlon 3200 XP. Im not sure if that is true or not, but if so that would mean that it is faster than my current processor.

Any information would help. Thanks in advance.

 

[mophead740]

if thats wat u herd then its probebly correct
check wikipedia

 

[sailpog]

yay for sempron!!!!!
i have a sempron 3400 runs very nice

 

[b0dge]

From what i can see, you're right. The Socket A Sempron 3300+ is just a rebadged Athlon 3200+ but with half it's L2 cache disabled.

I'm not sure how much of a performance increase (if any) you'll see, but the only way to find out is to try it. You should be able to swap CPUs without any major software hassles, just try something like Super Pi Mod with each processor and see wihc one is quicker...

Oh, and whichever one you don't use, I'll be happy to take off you're hands.

 

[mophead740]

nah dont giv it to bodge
just put it into a spare comp as u pick up spare parts

 

[b0dge]

Don't listen to mophead!

EDIT: And I'll happily pay for it...

 

[Liquidz]

haha...thanks for all the help guys...ill try and swap it out within the next few days and see which one is better. Ill post back with my findings.

Ill probably keep the not used processor and build a simple pc for misc junk...thx again

 

[b0dge]

Cool, no worries.